Romain Gary quotes:

A writer's subconscious is one of the filthiest places there are: as a matter of fact, you can find the whole world there. permalink

Romain Gary

The Dance of Genghis Cohn (1967)

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. permalink

Romain Gary

Promise at Dawn (1961)

The bombs I dropped on Germany between 1940 and 1944 maybe killed a Rilke or a Goethe or a Hölderin in his cradle. And yes, of course, if it had to be done over, I would do it again. Hitler had condemned us to kill. Not even the most just causes are ever innocent. permalink

Romain Gary

quoted by Tzvetan Todorov in Hope and Memory: Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2003)

When a war is won, it's the losers, not the winners, who are liberated. permalink

Romain Gary

Tulipe (1946)

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